Method and apparatus for making paper vessels



April 7, 1931; H. G. DAVIS 1,799,357

METHOD AND APPAfiATUS FOR MAKING PABER VESSELS Filed Aug. 7, 1 925 s Sheets-Sheet 1 Harry flay/:5

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING PAPER VESSELS Filed Aug. 7, 1925 8 Sheets-Sheet 3 FIG. 6

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METHOI. AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING PAPER VESSELS.

Filed Aug. '7, 925

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING PAPER VE SSELS Filed Aug. '7, 1925 8 Sheets-Sheet '7 Mv-Mq ATTORNEYS.

H. G. DA'VIS April 7; 931

Filed Aug. 7, 1925 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 W/TNESS:

Harry G. .Davrfs Patented Am- 193;,

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs HARRY G; DAVIS, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIiIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGN- 'MENTB, TO LILY-TULI'P 0UP CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE a u auon filed August 7, was. serial at. 4am.

My invention relates to paper or fibre vessels such, for exam 16, as paper drinking cups, methods of ma 'ng the same, and improved apparatus for the production thereof.

Heretofore various methods, machines and apparatus have been provided for the production of paper vessels, but none of such machines have been capable of producing and packaging pa ger vessels wholly automatically and ave een open to objection as inaccurate and relatively slow in operation.

Furthermore, the pa er cups as heretofore made have. not been w olly satisfactory and it is one of the objects of the present invention toproduce a cup which will be of an improved and wholly satisfactory character.

Another object of my invention is to rovide a method and a machine b w ich paper vessels, and more particular y paper rinking cups, may be reduced and packaged wholly automatica y without necessity for handlin it being only necessary to provide a supp y of pa or stock to the mac ine and to remove and seal the packages of completed cups.

Further ob'ects of m invention, as will appear from the detaile descri tion hereinafter contained, are to provi e a machine composed of devices novel in themselves and in combination, and at the same time a machine of relative simplicity, which will per-- form the several operations incidental to the production of paper vessels, as drinking curac and speed and with the production of su stantially no seconds; and further, a machine which will require a minimum of adjustment and be substantially foolproof, requiring for its successful operation, only such attention as is required to renew the supply of paper stock and remove the packaged product.

Having indicated, in a general wa the nature and purpose of my invention, will proceed to a detailed description thereof, with reference to the accompan ing drawings in which has been illustrate a machme embodying my invention and in detail the several elements thereof, the combination of cups and the like, with a high degree of 0.0--

ig. '3 is a partial plan view taken on line 3-3 Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view, taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 1, showing the blanking and folding elements with a cup transfer and in association therewith the paper teed.

1g. 5 is a sectional view taken in the direction of the arrow 5 Fig. 4. v

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a contiguous portion of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a part of the machine showing details of the paper feed and scra take-up mechanism.

F1%. 8 is a side view of the showing or ig. 9 is a detail view of a clutch incorporated in the feed. v

Fig. 10 is a sectional view-of the cup finishing mechanism.

' Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view of thecup finishing mechanism;

Fig. 11 is an enlar ed fra entary section of a portion of sai cup finishing mechanism.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged'view of a detail of the cup finishing mechanism.

Fi 13 is a view, partly broken away, showing t e cup discharge, counting and packaging devices with relation to the finishing device.

shown in Fig. 13.

- looking at the left side of 1g. 1 and showing details of the cup transfer and discharge mechanism.

Fig. 16 is a artial view in elevation showin%detai1s of t e discharge mechanism shown 1n ig. 13, as' viewed from the opposite direction.

Fig. 14 is a plan view of a part of the discharge, counting and packaging devices Fig. 17 is a general plan view of the complete machine- .lembodying' my. invention,

showin the combination of partsjllustrated in detail in Figs .1'-16. 18 is a view of a finished cup as prod by the machine embodying my invcn duce tion.

Fig. 9 is an enl rim of the on detail section of the Fig. 20 is abbtttifiiview of the cup; and j i Fig. 21 is a side elevation of the same cup V elements whic arran ed in combination,

.. which bearsthe head of a in from the bottom of frame an ment by guides h engagi operate for the JII'OdllCtlOII and packaging of the product an which, for clarity and more full understanding of the machine as a whole, will be described in detail separately.

The machine consists essentially in: Blanking mechanism. Forming or folding mechanism. Feeding and take-up mechanism. Finishing-or spinning mechanism. Transferring mechanism. Discharge, packaging and counting mechanism.

Blaakmg meaizmziam The blanking mechanism is mounted on the main frame a of the machine and comprises a fixed circular die b, with the cutting edge of which is adapted to cooperate a movable Cutter 0. The cutter c is removably supported on a frame or box (1, supported at its bottom by a relatively heavy sprin 0, against 2 extending guided by passin through a cross member a of the main ame a. The sprin e is supported on a platform hung from t e cross member a by means bolts 9. The frame or box (1 is guided and supported against lateral 'movewith suitable slides mounted on frame a. ithin the frame or box d is positioned a roller 1', adapted to be engaged b a cam 7' carried on a shaft is, supported in arings in the main frame a and assing through slots in the frame or box d. be shaft kv is constantly driven by any suitable means through suitable connections, as

a belt, chain, or gearing.

The operation of the blanking mechanism will be readil understood if it be assumed that a strip 0 paper is fed over the; die I), beneath the-cutter c and stopped, as will be hereinafter fully escribed. The shaft In is continuously rotated and as the high oint of the cam contacts 'with the roller 2, the frame or box (I, with the cutter 0 supported thereby, is forceddownwardly against the action of s ring e, until the cutter cooperates with the e gas of die I) to shear or cut a blank from the strip of paper. The blank, circular in form, is immediately acted on by the forming mechanism, after which the cam permits the frame or box and cutter to the spring e.

' Forming or folding mechanism The fcrmin or fcldin mechanism utilizes, as an essentia element, t e body of the die I), which is provided with a central aperture the edges of which are recessed as at Z and cut away to form the faces m. Beneath the die 6 and in line with the a erture therethrough is a female mold mem er n, suitably supported from the frame a and shaped to receive the blank folded into cup form by the die 6, as will be hereinafter described.

The bottom of the mold member a is formed by a disc 0, supported on the end of a vertical rod 30, the lower end of'which is secured to an arm adjustably mounted on be raised by a rod 1', supported by frame a. A spring s attached at one end to frame a and at the other to an arm 3 secured to rod 7*, serves'to maintain the disc 0 in raised position as determined by an adjustable stop it carried by arm and adapted to contact with frame a, as s own in Fig. 4. An arm '0 is adjustably secured to rod 1' and carries a roller w positioned in the path of a pin :20, extending laterally from a disc 3 secured on a shaft a, driven from shaft 70 by means of gears 1 and 2. As will be observed from an inspection of Fig. 4, pin a in contact with roller w acts to lower red a and disc 0 slightly, which, as will appear, momentarily withdraws disc 0 from its upper position, in order to eliminate the possibility of interference with the paper when the feed operates.

Adjacent the inner ends of the recesses Z in the die 6 are formed holes through which extend pins 3 secured at their lower ends to a collar 4, from opposite sides of which depend rods 5 pivotally attached to arms 6 which are in .turn ivotallly supported from the frame a, their ee en s being connectedbv a cross member 7, from which extends an arm 8 carrying a cam follower 9 adapted'to follow a cam 10 mounted on shaft 2. The cam 10 serves to raise the, pins 3 so that their ends project above the surface of die 6 and permits 11 secured'to the lower end of a vertical rod through which the body of rod 17 freely passes. Links 19 are pivotally secured to rod 17 and to one end of a double lever 20, the other end of which is connected to a link 21, in turn connected to a vertical rod 22, supciprocated by means of double acting cam 23 carried on shaft 70. The reciprocation of rod 22 rocks lever 20, which effects the reciprocation of rod 17, which, through the spring 15 and the en agement of the enlarged lower end 16. of ro 17, effects the reciprocation of plunger 11,'which in its descent enfgages disc 0,- depresses it against the action spring 8, passes through the apertures 111 die I), and enters mold member n.

Supported from a ring 24 centrally above die are a series of fixed blades 25 on the lower ends of'which are formed wings 26. The blades correspond in number to the recesses Z about the apertures in die 6 and the wings correspond to the surfaces m. The arrangement of the blades 25, wings 26, and recesses e and surfaces m is preferably such as to cause the exteriorly exposed edges of the pleats to extend (as indicated in Fig. in a substantially vertical direction from the bottom to the top of the cup while the edges of the pleats of the interior surface of the cu extend (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 20 in a direction inclined to the vertical.

The ring 24 is secured to the lower ends of a pair of rods .27 which pass through bracket 14 and are connected at their upper ends by a crosshead 28, having a frictional engagement with rod 17. A stop 29 is adjustably mounted on bracket 14 for engagement with ring 24 whereby its upward movement is limited, and rods 27 are provided with sto s 30 for engagement with bracket 14, where y the downward movement of rin 24 is limited. A stout wire post 31a may e mounted upon bearing member 13 and provided at its outer end with a book from which a spring 33a may be suspended and attached to ring 24 to assist the upward recovery of blades and their operating members.

The operation of the forming or folding mechanism will be understood if it be assumed that a blank has been cut'by the blanking mechanism and rests on die 6. Plunger 11 descends and through the frictional engagement of crosshead 28 with rod 17 blades 25 descend with the plunger. In the descent of the plunger 11, the blank is gripped between its end and the disc 0 and its central portion depressed through the aperture in die 6. The descent of the blades 25 brings them into operative relation with the recesses and faces in the edge of the aperture in die b and stops contacting with bracket 14, prevent further descent of the blades. Through the operation of cam 10, the pins 3 are raised and act to fold in or, as it were, evenly distribute the outer portion of the blank between the blades, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 wherein the blank is indicated by dotted line 31.

The plunger 11 continuing to descend draws the blank between the blades 25 and wings 26 and the recesses l and faces m, which act to establish folds or pleats in the blank and to form it into cup shape. Inasmuch as the action of forming the leated cup is a drawing action through a xed die, it will be apparent that the edges of the pleats which appear on the exterior of the finished pleated cup will extend up and down the side wall of the cup as if drawn on straight lines radially from the center of the bottom of the-cup.- The action of the means which form pleats in the cup is performed on the interior folds of the cup and causes the inner pleats to extend on lines which are not radial with re spect to the center of the bottom of the cup, and the inner pleats (as indicated in Fig. 20) will diverge from the radial in the same general direction'as the edges of the pleats at the lip of the cup when said lip is spun into a roll as hereinafter described. As the pleating operation is performed by the coaction of the blades 25, wings 26, recesses Z andfaces m, the descending plug plunger 12 carries the formed blank into mold member n, between the wall of which and the plunger the pleats are flattened or pressed.

T e plunger now ascends, through the action of cam 23, and the formed cup clamped to the plunger by disc 0, under the influence of its spring 8, is lifted out of the mold n. In the initial ascension of plunger 11, the blades 25 are lifted clear of die b, and until stop 29 engages ring 24, through the frictional engagement of crosshead 28 with rod 17. W en disc 0 reaches its upper limit, the continued ascension of plunger 11 withdraws the plunger from the cup, Which remains seated on'disc 0, from which it is removed by a transferring device hereinafter described.

Feeding and tak e-up mechanism feeding and take-up mechanism which acts automatically to feed paper in a continuous strip to the blanking device and to take up the waste.

With particular reference to Figs. 4-9, the sup ly of paper is contained on a roll 32, revolub y mounted on suitable extensions of frame a. The paper in a strip33 is led between a pair of rolls 34 mounted, in front of and adjacent the. blanking and forming mechanism, on a bracket 35 and connected by gears 36, one of which is continuously driven by a pinion 37 on a shaft carrying a bevel gear 38 and connected to a spindle 39 by bevel gears 40. On the lower end of the spindle 39 .is a friction disc 41 engaged by a friction wheel 42, on a shaft 43, driven from main shaft is by gear 1 through a gear 44. The

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toward the blanking and forming mechanism.

Mounted behind the blanking and form-' ing mechanism, as shown in Fig. 8, and supported by brackets 45, is a roll 46, with which are adapted to cooperate a pair of rollers 47 carried by arms 48 pivotally supported from extensions of brackets 45. The rollers 47 are yieldingly ressed into contact with roll 46 by means of springs 49, confined between the heads of bolts 50, which are screwed into the brackets 45, and lugs 51 extending from arms 48 and through which the bolts freely ass.

The roll 46 is adapted to be intermittently driven by a quadrant gear 52, mounted on frame a, which engages a gear 53 which is connected to roll 46 through a ratchet ball .is 'not'interrupted by the blanking. The

stri passes between rollers 47 and roll 46, as c earl shown in Fig. 7, and while continuously ad vanced by rolls 34 is intermittently advanced by roll 46, which serves to position successive sections of the stri relative to the blanking die and cutter, or blanking;

the strip remaining at rest during the formation of the cup by the formin device. Between the blanking device an rolls 34 is a roller 58 supported between theends of a pair of arms 59, secured to a shaft 61, mounted in brackets 60, and u 11 one end of which is secured an arm 62. he roller '58 lies on the upper surface of the strip of paper fed by rolls 34 and during the inactivity of the roll 46 (in other words, during the blanking and forming operation while, though the rolls 34 are continuously feeding, the strip beyond the rolls is necessarily at rest) it acts to take up the paper fed by rolls 34 in a loop or bight 63, and maintain tension on the portion of the strip in the blanking device. In thearrangement described, the strip of paper 33 is continuously fed in the form of a web into the bight 63 and is intermittently advanced from said bight to the blankin and forming mechanism without inter ering with the continuous feed of the web into the bight 63. In order to prevent excessive feed. of the web toward the bight, a suitable mechanism is provided which, inthe illustrated example of the apparatus, is automatically controlled by the bight itself to automatically vary the rate at which said web is fed the The loop 63 is rapidly formed during the inaetivityof roll 46 and is rapidly drawn out when roll 46 acts to advance the strip, so

that the roller 58 is continuously raised and lowered at a rapid rate, resulting in oscillation of shaft 61 and swingin or arm 62.

Adjacent arm 62 is a rod 64 carrying spaced sto s 65 and 66, said rod being secured atone en to an end of a link 67 so as to move therewith, the'other end of said 67 being pivotally secured to a lever 68, which has a forked end engaged with acollar 69 secured .on shaft 43. Attached eccentricaliy to the end of shaft '43 is rod 76, supported by a bracket 71- and adapted to be reciprocated as shaft 43 revolves. Adjacent the upper end of rod 7 0 are a pair of stops 7 2 spaced vertically and horizontally one from the other. Pivotally mounted on the outside-of stop 66 is a double-ended stop 73, having a connterweight 74, adapted to tend to retain it in the position shown in Fig. 6. A spring 75, secured to the bracket 71, bears agathe inside of stop 66. f The shaft 43 is so arranged as to be shifted transversely whereby the friction wheel 42 may be moved toward and away from the center of the friction disc4l, in order to slow up and again speed up the rollers 34.

As the roller 58 rises and falls through the taking out and formation of the loop or' bight 63, the shaft 61 is thereby caused to be oscillated which efi'ects oscillation of the arm 62 and, as has been shown, the rod carrying stops 72 is constantly reci rocated through its eccentric connection to t e end of shaft 43. If the rolls 34 are feeding slightly too much paper, the size of the loop formed will be such as to cause arm 62 to ng through an arc of such extent that before the 100 is taken out by the intermittent action 0 roll 46, arm 62' will strike stop movin rod 64 and with it the stop 66 to the left ig. 6) and positioning the upper end of double-ended stop 73 in the path of the upper stop 72, on rod 70. On the downward movement of rod 70, link 67 will be depressed through the engagement of stop 72 with etc 73, resulting in turning lever 68, whic through its connection with shaft 43, will cause the shaft to be moved to the right and move friction wheel 42 toward the periphery of disc 41 (see Fig. 5 with resultant slowing down of rolls 34 and decrease in the feed of A slowin down, the rolls 34 will feed slightly too litt e paper and this condition is rectified b again ding up the rolls, which is accomp shed, w en-the loop is taken out, by the arm 62 hitting stop 66, which, thro h the previous movement of rod 64 to the iii,

will lie in the path of arm 62 when it is swung I stop 72 to pass freely in the inoperative move-- ment of rod 70. V

The stri 33, as it is withdrawn from the blanking evice as a continuous strip, is scrap, which, after it passes from roll 46, is preferably taken up on a roll 7 6,. mounted on a shaft 77 journalled in an extension of frame a. The roll 76 is rotated by the action of a spring 78 wound about shaft 77 adjacent one end and fastened to a collar 79 fixed on the shaft and to a pin 80 extending laterally from the side of a ratchet wheel 81 rotatablv mounted on the shaft. The take up roll 76 for the web scrap together with its operating mechanism ma of course, be discarded, and the waste web ed directly into a container in front of the machine.

Loosely mounted on the shaft is an arm 82, which supports a pawl 83 in operative relation to the ratchet wheel 81 and to which is connected one end of a spring 84, the other end of which is attached to the frame a. Mounted on the frame a is a holding pawl 85 in operative relation with the ratchet wheel.

A rod 86 is pivotally secured at one end to arm 82 and is supported at its other end on a shaft driven by gearing from main shaft is, which passes through a slot formed in the rod. A cam 87, mounted on this shaft, is adapted to contact with a cam follower 88 on rod 86 and move it against the action of spring 84 which returns it, when the cam permits.

When the cam actuates rod 86, the pawl 83 isbacked on the ratchet wheel and when the spring 84 returns the rod the pawl enga es and turns the ratchet wheel which resudts in winding up spring 7 8, which, when its tension equals that of spring 84, revents spring 84 from returning the rod. en roll 46 is actuated to feed the strip of paper, the sprin 78 actuates roll 7 6 to take up the scrap fe by roll 46. S ring 78 is then rewound as a ove describe and it will be noted, that, irrespective of the amount of scrap on roll 7 6, the spring 84 automatically acts to maintain the proper tension on sprlng 78 so that the scrap will be taken up as discharged.

Finishing 0r spinning mechanism The finishing device serves primarily to firmly press the pleats of the cup formed in the forming device and serves at the same time as a tapping device to spin an edge or lip on the cup, and will be described more particularly with reference to Figs. 10-13.

The finishing device comprises essentially male and female members. The male member comprises a frusto-conical plunger 89 to which is secured a stem 90, which extends throu h a sleeve 91, having an enlarged head at its ower end, between which and the base of the plunger is positioned a ball bearing 92. The sleeve 91 extends through a casing 93 within which its enlarged head slidably-fits and about the lower en of which is secured a collar 94, the loweredge of which extends below the base of plunger 89.

' The sleeve 91 is provided adjacent its up per end with a collar 95 which bears on the top of the casing 93-and acts as a stop, while the stem is provided with a collar 96 which bears on collar and acts as a stop. Within casing 93 and about sleeve 91 is a coil spring 97, which bears at one end against the underside of the top of the casing and at the other on the enlarged head of the sleeve. The casing 93 is attached to the upper end of a vertical rod. 98, mounted in guides 99, by

means of a clamping member 100. Rod 98 is adapted to be reciprocated, to raise and lower plunger 89, by means of a cam 101' mounted on a shaft 2, and acting between a pair of cam followers 102 on a rod 103, mounted in guides 104, and connected by a link 15 to one end of a pivoted lever 106, the

other end of which is connected to the lower end of rod 98 by a link 107.

The female member of the finishing device mounted within a fixed casing 108, comprises a female mold member 109 having an enlarged base and shaped internally complementary toplunger 89. The member 109 is mounted on the end of a vertical spindle 110, rotated by a gear 111 meshing with a ear 112 on a counter shaft, driven, throug bevel gpzrs 113 by a gear 2 on shaft 2, by a pinion The shaft 110 and the member 109 supported thereby, in addition to being rotated, are intermittently raised and lowered by means of a vertical rod 115 having aws engaging gear 111 and connected through a. link 116 to a pivotally mounted'lever 117" ada ted to be rocked by means of a cam 118 on s aft 2.

Within the member 109 is a disc 119 supported on a stem 120, which extends longitudinally through spindle 110 and is conformed therein, as shown in Fig. 12. In other words, the collars 94 and 124 constitute members provided with annular recesses 125 "theco agamst' 4 the disc 119. The

adapted to be 'broughtinto juxtaposition to form a non-rotaryannular lip-forming die preferably of hexagonal cross-section. The

recess 125 in collar 94 is slightly wider than the 125 in collar 124, in order to rovide an entrance to said dle through w ich thee seen from an inspection of g. 11.

be understood if it be assumed that an unfinished cup 227 formed by the forming device is placed upon the disc 119, as shown in Fig. 10. The rod 98 descends, bringing down he male member of the device and the plunger '89 enters the cup, clam ing its bottom unger continues to descend, depressing the sc.119 against its spring 122 until the cup is bottomed in the member 109, which is rotating. When the cup is bottomed, the collar 94 will have been brought into contact with collar 124 and the semi-hexagonal recesses 125 in the edges of the collars will form a substantially closed hexagonal recea, a slight clearance being left to permit the edge of the cup to be entered in the ,When the cup is bottomed in the member 109, both the cup and plunger 89 will be revolved through the frictional engagement of the cup with member 109 and with the plun- 'lhe rod 115 is then raised through the action of cam 118 and the member 109, cup and plan r 89 a ainst the action of spring 97, are lift while ing revolved. Lifting of the cup feeds its edge portion into the recess between the collars and the rotation of the 'cup causesthe edge, the pleats of which are enga d bythe spiral grooves 126, to be spun orof the cup resulting from the recited edge-- producing instrumentalities will curl t e edge portion thereof upon itself, progressively in a circumferential direction and at the I end of the operation the die will exert an Ironing or rman'entizing action on the finished curled edge portion or lip of the cu The finished H is thus formed by curling t e edge portion the cup upon itself in circumferential progremion and the finished lip presents the external appearance of being helically wound in a clrcumferential direction, this being due to the fact that the pleats, at said lip, are inclined with respect thereto, as indicated in Fig. 20 and that the direction of the eflective spinning motion is the same as the direction of disposition of the pleats. The

of a on is admitted to the die when rs are rought toglgtizher, as can The operation of the finishing device will curl itself is not simply (as in priorcups) practically a series. of adjacent rolls, each formed at the sedge of one of the pleats of the on body,j.but is of such a nature that the ro ed-over portion of each cup pleat extends circumfejrentially toward the rolled-over portion'of each adjacent pleat, so that splitting of the cup lip is there positively resisted.

--This has the further-e ect that any strain tend to unroll one of the pleat edges is resisted aterally by the adjacent pleat roll and held under an opposed elastic torsional influence tending automaticall to reseat the opened or uncurled artof t e pleat to which the opening strains ave been ap lied.

These structural, characteristics make it possible without splitting the lip of the cup, to subject it to a further mechanical action localized in any conventional manner to flatten the rolled edfge so as to give it the general configuration 0 Fig. 21, whereby the cup gains the advantage of having an apparently thin, shar flangeike lip, which, however, is stgiuctural y very rigid, permanent and agreea e. a a

' After the edge of the cup is spun, the male member is raised and the disc, 119 lifts the finished cup out of the member 109, positioning it for discharge, after which member 109 descends. f

Tramsfew-mg mechanism The cup transfer device, as has been indicated, serves to transfer the cup from the forming device to the finishing device, that is to say, 1t picks up the cup from its position on disc 0 associated with the forming device (Fig. 4) after its formation, and transfers it and deposits it on disc 119 in association with the finishing device (Figs. 7 and 10).

The transfer mechanism illustrated in Figs. 7, 9,10 and comprises a pair of jaws 127, pivotally mounted at the end of an arm 128, in turn mounted on a vertical shaft 129, supported by a member of frame a and by a bracket 130. A crank 131 is secured to the shaft 129 and connected by a link 132 with one end of a pivoted lever 133 adapted to be rocked by a cam 134 on shaft is, whereby arm 128 will be oscillated to position the jaws 127 to receive a cup from the forming mechanism and to deliver a cup to the finishing mechanism. The shaft 129 is adapted to be reciprocated vertically in order to enable jaws 127 to lift the cup clear ofthe die I) and cutter a, Fig. 4, and to lower it down on disc 119, Fig.

10. For this purpose; a spring 135 is placed on the shaft 129 and abuts against bracket 130 and the inner end of arm 128 and tends to move the shaft downwardly. The lower end of the shaft rests on a pivoted lever 136 adapted to be raised by a cam 137 on shaft it. Thus the shaft 129 and arm 128 are raised by the action of cam 137, lowered by the action of spring and swung by the action of cam 134.

The jaws 127 are actuated for-opening and closing to retain or release a cup through movement of a segmental gear 138 mounted on arm 128 and'which enga s one of a an of gears 139 mounted respectlvely on the aws arm 128 will be moved to the position shown in Fig. 7 with the jaws 127 fully open, the arm 128 resting against a stop 199. The jaws will then be closed by the cams 143 and engage the newly formed cu 227. The arm will then be lifted to raise t e cup out of die 6 and cutter 0, by cams 137, and will then be swung to a position over the finishing device by cam 13,4. Cam 137 will then permit spring 135 to act to lower the arm and cam 143 will act to cause the jaws 127 to open and release the cup, which will then be positioned on disc 119. The transfer returns to the-position in Fig. 7 in reverse manner.

Discharge and counting mechanism The dischargedevice acts to remove the cups from the finishing device and delivers them to packages, or any other desirable receptacle, while the counting device serves to osition successive packages or receptacles or the reception of a predetermined number of cups from the discharge device.

The discharge device illustrated in Figs.

' 13 to 16 comprlses a runway 147, the bottom of which may be made hollow, as at 148, for the reception of steam, or other heating medium. A channel 149 is formed in one side of the runway and within the channel and adapted to slide therein is a slide 150 having a vertical extension 151. Pivotally mounted on the extension is a two-armed lever 152, the upper arm of which is attached to a bracket 153 which serves to support a bar 154, extending in parallelism with runway 147 and from which depends a pair of spaced flat fingers 155. A finger 156, preferably of resilient material, extends downwardly and beyond the end of bar 154 adjacent the finishing device. A link 165 is connected to bracket 153 and extension 151 in parallelism with the upper arm of lever 152. of lever 152 extends between a pair of spaced stops 157 on slide 150 and is connected, by a link 158, to one end of a pivoted lever 159 the other end of which is connected by a link 160 to one arm of a bell crank lever 161 mounted on frame a. A second arm of bell crank lever 161 is connected, through a link The lower arm 162, to a crank 163 extending laterally from a disc 164 mounted on shaft 2. A spring 198 bears frictionally against slide 150 to insure independent movement of lever 152 between sto s 157.

n operation, as shaft 2 is rotated bell crank lever 161 is rocked and acts through link 160 to rock lever 159, which acts through link 158 to rock lever 152. Referring to Figs. 13

and .16, rocking of lever 152 in one direction Will result in lowering bar 154 and entering finger 156 in the finished cup 200 resting on disc 119. When the bar reaches the desired lower position, the lower arm of lever 152 will strike one of the stops 157 and further rocking of the lever 152 will result in moving bar 154 lengthwise ofthe runway 147, causing the cup to be drawn off of disc 119 and onto the runway. .The bar 154 is moved lengthwise a distance sufiicient'to move the outside finger'155 adjacentthe end of the bar beyond the end of the runway, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 13. The lever .152 is then rocked in the opposite direction and acts to raise the bar 154 to clear finger 156 from the cup. The lower arm of the lever then strikes the other stop 157 and the bar is moved len thwise of the runway in raised position until the finger 156 is, as shown in Fig. 13, above a cup meanwhile lifted from the finishing device and resting on disc 119. The bar is again lowered by reversal of lever 152 and the finger 156 enters the cup on disc 119, while the first finger l55enters the cup reviously positioned on the runway by the inger 156. As will be clear, continuation of the move ment of bar 154 results in a withdrawal of cups from disc 119 and a discharge of cups from the end of runway 147 there being at all times three cups exposed to view before be inspected without handling.

Packaging and counting mechanism in the top member and extend substantially below its under surface, while the bottom member is apertured adjacent its periphery in line with the tubes 169 for the reception of tappet members 170, having extensions passing through the apertures in member 166 and extending slightly below the under surface thereof. A box 171, adapted for the packaging of, for example, one hundred cups, 1s engaged with each of the tubes 169,'its flap 172 being open, and rests on the tappet member 170. The shaft 168 is so positioned that by its rotation the upper ends of the tubes 169 maybe successively brought adjacent the end of the runwa 147, andas the cups are discharged there rom by the, movement of inn 1a.. final discharge, which enables the product to y aratchet wheel 173 is mounted on shaft 168 and a pawl 174, in operative relation therewith, is mounted on an arm 175 revolubly mounted on shaft 168. A link 176 is connected at one end to the arm 175 and is su ported at its other end on an end of a lever 17 which in turn is connected b a link 178 to an arm of a lever 179. The ink 176 is retained in forward position by'a spring 191 connected to the link and to a bracket 192. A s ring 180 extends from a member of the ame a to a support 181 secured to link 178 and retains lever 177 raised, a' ainst a stop provided by an extension 182 t ereof, and at the same time retains the end of the free arm of lever 179in an advanced position in the path of a fin er 183, extendingv from a ratchet wheel 184. ink 176 is notched, as at 185 and extends adjacent to the third arm of bell crank lever 161, heretofore referred to, in'

which, adjacent its end, is a laterall extending pin 186 which, when lever 161 IS rocked in one direction while link 17 6 is retained in raised position is moved to a position beneath notch 185 so that were link 176 lowered the pin 186 will engage in the notch 185 and in the reverse movement of lever 161, link 176 will be moved by the lever, causing pawl 174 to rotate shaft 168 sufliciently to position a fresh box beneath runwa 14 The link 176 is cause to be lowered by the contacting of finger 183, on ratchet wheel 184, with the free end of lever 179, which is turned thereby and eifects the depression of the end of lever 177 against the action of spring 180, permitting the link 17 6 to drop by its own weight and engage with pin 186.

The ratchet wheel 184 havin one hundred J teeth, is mounted on a s aft 18 on which is mounted an arm 188, which supports a pawl 189 in o rative relation with the ratchet wheel an which is connected with bell crank lever 161 by means of a link 190.

It will be noted that as bell crank 161 rocks in one direction, ratchet wheel 184 will be rotated, step by step, a distance of one tooth at a time and that once in each revolution of the wheel, finger 183 will contact with lever 179, causin pawl 175 to rotate shaft 168. It will also be noted that each time lever 161 rocks in one direction the bar 156 is actuated to deliver a cup into a tube 169. Therefore, when one hundred cups have been delivered,the shaft 168 will be turned to position a new tube 169 for the recegtigiiili1 of cups.

Upon the release of lever 179 ger 183, ring 180 will act to cause lever 177 to lift link 17 6 and break the connection with lever mo es"; j

161. Spring 191 will then act to return link 17 6 to its forward position, which acts to back the pawl.

In order to efiect a packing of the cups 7 which nest into one another as they drop into box 171 and in order to avoid misalignment of the cups in the box, an arm 193 is pivotally mounted on bracket 192 and has its free end enlarged and extended to a point beneath the extended portion of the tappet member 170 servin to support a box beneath runway 147. step 194 limits the downward movement of the lever. Av rod 195. slidably supported from bracket 192 is connected to hell crank 161;and is provided with an adjustable sto 196 adapted, in the reciprocation of re 195 by lever 161, to strike a projection 197 formed on lever 193 and lift the lever, causing its freeendto strike a blow against the tappet member 170. The striking of ta pet member 170 causes the cups in box 171 to settle and packto the desired degree.

Qperatz'onof the appamm From the foregoing description of the several elements comprised in the machine embodying my invention, it" will be noted that the production of a paper vessel, as, for example, a drinkin wholly automatica and without the necessity of handling of e vessel in the course of production and packaging. v

In 0 ration, a roll of paper in a continuous str1 is provided and the strip 33 led between t e continuousl operating feed rolls 34 by which the strip is continuously fed toward the blankin Y and forming devices. The strip is intermittently fed to the blanking and forming devices by the operation of the roll 46. The paper fed by rolls 34 durmg the inactivity of the intermittently actuated roll 46 is taken up in the loop 63 by roller 58, which also acts to maintain tension on the portlon of the strip in the blanking and ormmg devices.

The d of the rolls 34 is varied through the S111 ingeof friction wheel 42 as specifically descri d above.

After the roll 46 has operated to feed a section of the strip to the blanking and forming devices, the blanking device operates to cut out from the strip a circular blank which is then drawn through the forming device and pleated to form vessel227 by means of plunger 11, blades 25 and pins 3, the pleats being pressed by the plunger in mold 1;. After the formation of the vessel, the plunger and blades are retracted and the vessel is lifted clear of the mold by disc 0.

The vessel supported on disc 0 is engaged by jaws 127 on arm 128 and is transferred to the finishing mechanism. On removal of the cup, is accomplished.

vessel from disc-o, the roller '46 acts to feed a fresh section of strip 33 to the blanking and formin device and during the feeding operation disc 0 is slightly lowered in order to clear the advancin paper.

In the advance of t e stri the waste left by the. blanking device, which, it will be noted, is still a continuous part of the original strip, is taken up on roll 76, which is rotated by spring 78.

The vessel transferred by the arm 128 is positioned on the disc 119 of the finishing device. Plunger 89 is lowered and the vessel is en aged between the plunger and the mold mem r 109, which, as has been described, is rotated and lifted, and causes the cup to be rotated and lifted, with the result that its upper edge is forced into the recess 125 between the collars94 and 124, which, when the plunger is entered in the mold, overlie one another. As the edges of the vessel enter the recess, the spiral grooves or riding 126 engage the pleats of the vessel and as the vessel is lifted and turned, its edgeis spun or rolled up, as illustrated at 201, Figs. 19 and 20, in which the finished cup 200 is shown. The action'of the rifiing is to. cause the edges of the adjacent pleats as they start to form the rolled rim to take direction which will cause them to overlap in a direction at an angle to the radii of the cup or vessel (see Fig. 20) whereby a pleated paper vessel or cup is formed with an annular lip havmg angularly interlocked pleats. Due to the joint action of the rotating and upwardly moving mold 109, the recess 125 and the rifling, the aforesaid lip is formed gradually and circumferentially so that in the finished cup the circumferential formation of the lip (as shown in Fig. 20) is one in which the pleats overlap the interlock in a direction at an angle to the radii of thecup.

After the spinning of the edge of the vessel, the plunger 89 1s retracted and the cup lifted clear of the mold bydisc 119. The

cup is then engaged by finger 156 on support- 154 and drawn onto runway 147, along which it is advanced intermittently by the fingers 155. The cu durin its travel along the runway, may be readi y inspected by the operator without handling and if desirable the runway may be heated in order to effect a drying and sterilization of the cup.

Ad acent the end of the runway are supported a plurality of vessel receptacles, which preferably are the containers or cartons In which the cups are to be finally packed. The cups internuttently advance along the runway and are intermittently discharged mto one of the containers or packages and through the mechanism specifically described above, the containers are successively positioned to receive vessels from'the runway after the discharge into each container'of a predetermined number of vessels. As they are filled, the containers are removed and sealed up for shipment.

In theformation of the vessel asabove described, the su' ply of paper contained on the roll 32 is pre erably not dry, but remoistened, so t at the paper fed to the lanking and forming devices is somewhat moist, in which condition I have found that it lends itself more readily to manipulation by the feeding mechanism and to the formation of the pleats by the. formin device, the pleats may be more firmly consolidated by pressing in the mold n and the edgemay be more nicely spun. Desired moisture may be applied before the supply of paper is placed on roll 32, or. by any suitable means before it is fed to the forming mechanism. The amount of moisture in the completed vessels is negligible, but the vessels may be dried out if the runway 147 be heated as suggested.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machine for making paper vessels,

in combination, blanking and forming devices, means for continuously advancing paper from a continuous strip, means for intermittently positioning portions of said strip for blanking, and means operating in har-' mony with said intermittent means for withdrawing the waste after the blanking in a continuous strip.

2. In a machine for ma king paper vessels in combination, blanking and forming dGVlCGS, means for continuously advancing paper from a continuous strip, means for intermittently positioning successive portions of said strip for blanking, means for. taking up the portionsof said strip advanced during the inactivity of said last mentioned means, and means operating in harmony with the intermittent means for taking up the waste after the blanking operation in a continuous strip. v

3. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, blan'kin and forming devices, means for continuous y feeding paper from a supply, means for intermittently feeding paper to the blanking device, means for takingup paper fed by said first mentioned means during the inactivity of said last mentioned means, and means controlled by said take-up means adaptedto be actuated to vary the rate at which paper is fed by said first mentioned means.

, 4. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, blanking and forming devices, means for intermittently feeding paper to said'devices, means for spinning a lip on a vessel formed by said forming device, means for transferring a vessel from the. forming device to said spinning means, and means for removing vessels from said spinning means.

means for spinning a lip on a vessel formed Ill by said formingdevice, and means for transferring a vessel from the formlng device to said spinning means, the combination of means for supporting a plurality of containers, means for transferring vessels from thespinning means to a container, and means for'operating said supporting means to position the containers successively for-the reception of vessels.

6. In a machine for making paper vessels including blanking and forming devices, means'for spinning a lip on a vessel formed by said forming device, and means for transferring a vessel from the forming device to said spinning means, the combination of means for supporting a plurality of containers, means for transferring vessels from the spinning means .to a container, and means operatively controlled by said last mentioned transferrinng 'device for operating said supporting means to position the containers successively for the reception of vessels on the transfer of a predetermined number of vessels.

7. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a die provided with an aperture the edge of which is cut away to form a plurality of recesses, blades adapted in their operative position toafit into said recesses and force a blank into the same, means independent of said blades and cooperating therewith to form the blank, a cutter adapted to cooperate with the edge of said die, means to intermittently feed paper to said die, means to actuate said cutter, and means for drawing a blank through said die.

8. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a die provided with an aperture the edge of which is slotted and cut away to form a plurality of surfaces, blades adapted to cooperate with said surfaces, pins adapted to be extended above said die to cooperate with said blades, and means fordrawing ablank through said die. n

9. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a die provided with an aperture the edge of which is cut away to form aplurality of surfaces, blades adapted to cooperate with said surfaces, pins adapted to be extended above said die to cooperate with said blades, a cutter adapted to cooperate with the edge of said die, means to feed paper to said die, means to actuate said cutter, and

.means for drawing a blank through said die.

10. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a die provided with an aperture the edge of which is cut away to form a plurality of surfaces, blades adapted to be actuate to cooperate'with said surfaces, a mold positioned beneath said die, a plunger adapted to be actuated to draw a blank through said die and enter it in said mold, means for actuating said plunger, means afiordin a frictional engagement between said bla es and said plunger actuating means,

whereby when said plunger is actuated said blades will be actuated and a stop for said blades. 11. Ina machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a forming. die, a mold positioned beneath said die, blades adapted to be reciprocated into and out of cooperative relation with said die, a plunger adapted to be reciprocated through said die'into and out of said mold, means to reciprocate said plunger, means afiording a frictional engagement between said blades and said plunger reciprocating means whereby when said plunger is reciprocated said blades will be reciprocated into and out of cooperative relation with said die, and stops adapted to fix the limits of reciprocation of said blades.

12. Ina machine for making paper vessels. in combination, a forming die, a mold positioned beneath said die, a plunger adapted to be reciprocated to draw a blank cutter adapted to cooperate with said die,.

means to feed paper intermittently in a continuous strip to said die, a plunger adapted to be reciprocated to draw a blank through said die and thereby form the blank and to carry said formed blank into said mold whereby the formation of the blank is com leted, a member adapted to cooperate wlth said plunger to clamp the blank to said plunger, means to raise said member toolift a formed blank clear of said mold on withdrawal of said plunger, and means for lowering saidv member during the intermittent feeding of paper.

14. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a blanking device, a forming device, means for the support of a supply of paper in a continuous strip, means for continuously withdrawing paper from the supply, means for intermittently feeding paper withdrawn from the supply to the blanking and forming devices, and means operating in harmony with said blanking devices for taking up the waste paper in a continuous strip.

15. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a blanking device, a forming device, means for the support of a supply of paper in a continuous strip, means for continuously withdrawing paper from the supply, means for intermittently feeding paper withdrawn from the supply to the lanking and forming devices and withdrawing waste paper therefrom, and means for takingup the waste paper in a. continuous strip.

16. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a blanking 'device, a forming device, means for the support of a supply of paper in a continuous strip, means for continuously withdrawing paper from the supply. means for intermittently feeding paper withdrawn from the supply to the lanking and forming devices, means for taking up paper withdrawn from the supply during the inactivity of said feeding means, and means controlled by saidlast mentioned means for varying the rate of withdrawal of paper from the supply.

17. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a blankipg device, a forming device, means for the support of a supply of paper in a continuous strip, a pair of rolls, means including a pair of friction discs for driving said rolls to continuously withdraw paper from said supply, means for intermit tently feeding paper to said blanking and forming devices, means for taking up paper fed from said supply during the inactivity of said feeding means, and means controlled by said last mentioned means whereby the relative position of said discs may be varied to vary the speed of said rolls.

18.,In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a blanking device, a forming device, means for the support of a supply of paper in a continuous strip, a pair of rolls, means including a pair of friction discs-for driv ng said rolls to (YOIItIDUOUSl Y withdraw paperfrom said supply, means for intermittently "feeding paper to said blanking and forming devices, means for taking up paper fed from said supply during the inactivity of said feeding means, means controlled by said last mentioned means whereby the relative position of said discs may be varied to vary the speed of the rolls a roll adapted to receive waste paper from said blanking and forming devices, and tenslon means for rotating said roll when said feeding mechanism operates.

19. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination with a vessel forming device and a vessel finishing device, of means for transferring a formed vessel from said form ing device to said finishing device comprising an arm, means to swing said arm between. 3 said forming and finishing dev ces, a pair of jaws mounted on said arm, a gear mounted on each of said jaws, a gear in mesh with the gears on said jaws mounted onv said arm, and means for oscillating Stud last mentioned I gear whereby said jaws will be actuated to out of said mold, collars having complemenbers may engage an tary recesses, means to reciprocate the plunger, and means to lift and rotate the mold when the plunger is entered therein whereby the edge of a vessel confined in the mold by the plunger will be forced between said collars and spun.

21. In a machine for making paper vessels, a topping device comprising a mold, a plunger adapted to be reciprocated into and out of the mold, a fixed collar positioned adjacent the mouth of the mold, a collar carried by the plunger adjacent its base and adapted to overlie said first mentioned collar when said plunger is entered in said mold, annular recesses formed in said collars, spiral grooves formed in said recesses, and means to lift and rotate said mold when said plunger is entered in said mold whereby the edge of a vessel confined in the mold by the plunger will be forced between said collars and spun.

22. In a machine for making paper vessels, a toppingv device comprising a mold, a plunger adapted to be reciprocated into. and out of the mold, a fixed collar positioned adjacent the mouth of the mold, a collar carried by the plunger adjacent its base and adapted to overlie said first mentioned collar when said plunger is entered in said mold, annular recesses formed insaid collars, spiral grooves formed in said recesses,- means to lift and rotate said mold when said plunger is-entered in said mold whereby the edge of a vessel confined in the mold by the plunger will be forced between said collars and spun, and means to raise a vessel clear of said mold when said plunger is withdrawn therefrom.

23. In a machine for making paper vessels, a discharging device comprising a runway, a support, a plurality of vessel-engaging members depending from said support means to movesaid support vertically whereby said members mayengage and release a a plurality of vessels, and means for moving said support longitudinally whereby vessels engaged by said members will be moved along said runway.

24. In a machine for making paper vessels, a discharging device comprising a runway, a support, vessel-engaging members carried adjacent the ends of said support, a

vessel-engaging member carried intermediate the ends 0 aid support, means to move said support verticall whereby said memrelease vessels, and means to move said support longitudinally whereby vessels engaged by said members will be progressivel 'moved onto said runwayat one end an ofi of said runway at the other end.

25. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a vessel finishing device, arunway one end of which 1s ad acent the finishing device and the other end of which means to move the support vertically at its limits of longitudinal movement, whereby vessels will be rogressivel withdrawn from the finishing evice and ischarged atsaid discharge end of the runway.

26. In a machine for making paper vessels, in combination, a vessel finishing device,

means for supporting a plurality of vessel receptacles, means for progressivel transferrm vessels from the finishing evice to one 0 the receptacles positioned for the reception of vessels, and means controlled by the transferring means for operating *said supporting means to position successive receptacles at periodic intervals for the reception of vessels.

27 In a machine for making paper vessels, including a blanking device, a forming device and a finishing device, the combination of means to transfer a partially finished vessel from the forming device to the finishing device, supporting means for a receptacle for finished vessels, and means to progressively discharge finished vessels into a receptacle positioned on said supporting means.

28. In a machine for making paper vessels, including a blanking device, a forming device and a finishing device, the combination of means to transfer a artially finished vessel from the forming evice to the finishing device, supporting means for a plurality of receptacles for finlshed vessels, means to progressively discharge finished vessels from the finishing device to one of said receptacles positioned b said supporting means for the reception o vessels, and means for operating said supporting means to position successive receptacles at periodic intervals for the reception of vessels. I

29. In a machine for making paper vessels, the combination of blanking and forming devices, continuously operating feeding mechanism for continuously feeding a web of paper into a bight, and intermittently operating mechanism for intermittently advancing the web from said bight to the blanking and form ing devices and for maintaining it against a return movement into said bight, without interfering with the continuous feed of the web into the bight, and tension means effective upon said web in the bight thereof and cooperating with said intermittently operated mechanism for maintaining the web, under tension, in operative relation to said blanking and forming devices.

30. In a machine for making paper vessels,

the combination of blanking and forming dethe bight of said web for varying the rate at which the web is continuously fed into the bight. v

31. In a machine for making paper vessels, the combination of blanking andforming devices, feeding means for feeding a web of paper into a bight, mechanism, including a friction disc and a friction wheel, for continuouslyfeeding said web into said bight, intermittently operated feeding means for intermittently advancing the web from said bightto said blanking andforming devices, without interfering with the continuous feed of the web into the bight, and means controlled by said bight whereby the friction wheel is shifted relatively to the friction disc to automatically vary the rate at which the web is continuously fed into the bight.

32. In a machine for making paper vessels, the combination of mechanism for forming a blank into a paper vessel, and means whereby the free edge of said vessel is spun in a helical direction progressively along its circumference to form a peripheral lip thereat.

33. In a machine for making paper vessels, the combination of mechanism for forming a blank into a paper vessel, a lip-forming die, and mechanism whereby said vessel is shifted in the direction of its axis to feed its edge portlon into said die and coincidently rotated about its axis to spin said edge portion in ahelical direction progressively along its circumference to form an annular lip on said vessel.

34. In a, machine for making paper vessels, the combination of mechanism for forming a blank into a paper vessel, a pair of cooperating members having annular recesses adapted to be brought into juxtaposition to form an annular die, one of said recesses being wider than the other to provide an entrance to' said die, and mechanism for shifting said vessel in an axial direction to feed its edge portion through said entrance into said die and for coincidentally rotating the vessel about its axis to cause said die to spin said edge portion in a helical direction progressively alon its circumference to form a spirally woun lip on said vessel.

35. In a machine for making paper vessels, the combination of mechanism for forming a blank into a pleated paper vessel, a pair of cooperating members having annular recesses of semi-hexagonal form in cross-section adapted to be brought into juxtaposition to 

